Improvement in washing-machines



JUNIUS S. BALSLY.

Improvement in Washing Machines. N0 ..1 25,430-. PatentedA rilman.

" FIGIT' WiTNESSE'S JUNIUS S. BALSLY, OF HEBRON, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT lN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,430, dated April 9,1872.

Specification describing anlmproved Washing-Machine, invented by J UNIUSS. BALSLY,

of Hebron, Boone county, Kentucky This invention consists in acombination of standards that spring from opposite sides of a wash-tub,and have slotted chambers forthe insertion of springs, plugs to hold thesprings in place, and slots to receive the journals of a l rock-shaft,on which said springs act, with said rock-shaft, a pair of arms thatextend downward from the same, and a ribbed roller whose journals extendinto said arms.

Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section; and Fig. 2 a sectionthrough one of the standards.

A is the tub, to each of whose sides are secured two legs, a, whichincline toward each other from the bottom upward, and at their topssupport standards I), which have vertical slots 0 opening at each sideout of chambers in the standards. These slots the journals of therock-shaft d enter, from which rock-shaft extend downward parallel arms,0, that receive, near their lower ends, the journals of the ribbedroller f, which is placed between the arms e, and rests, when the tub isempty, on the concave and slotted wash-board g that is supported 011ledges h, which are secured to the inside of the hub, and leave spacefor Water beneath the wash-board.

The cleansing of fabrics in this machine is effected in the usual mannerby placing them on the wash-board and causing the roller to ply back andforth over them, while immersed in water, by means of the handle (1 ofthe.

rock-shaft d. When the roller is near either end of the wash-board, therock-shaft d is lower in the standards than when the roller is in themiddle. Springs t are placed within the chambers in the standards, andbear upon the journals of the rock-shaft, so as to cause the roller topress the fabrics whatever be the position of the rock-shaft. Plugs jare inserted in the tops of the standards b in order to close thechambers, admit of the ready introduction and removal of the springs,and form bearings for the tops of the latter, said plugs being kept inplace by pins or other suitable means.

I claim as my invention- The chambered and slotted standards I), plugsj, springs i, rock-shaft (1, arms 6, and rollers f, all combined andarranged as specified.

JUNIUS S. BALSLY.

Witnesses:

RICHARD SILMAN, ROYAL STRUBB.

ATENT QFFIGE.

